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Trent
21st October 2012, 08:16 PM
Under the title: Even chaos needs to put its feet up now and then, I headed down to Bunnings this morning and came back with a length of Tassie Oak and some motivation. The latter being the key to success here.

So a few hours in the garage with a circular saw, a sanding pad and a lot of patience, has yielded this. It's not finished yet, I still need to round off all the edges and then give it a few coats of clear coat to make it shine. But I'm fairly happy considering my experience involves mainly working with steel, not wood.


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/5AB77A22-8323-4106-A540-7458927DEC16-6077-00000FA3B1588586.jpg


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/E8B5525A-3011-4F8E-AF73-7CA5FBD48995-6077-00000FA3C6657727.jpg

More pics when its finished.
GoktimusPrime
21st October 2012, 08:43 PM
:eek: Wow! That's incredibly awesome!! :D
UltraMarginal
21st October 2012, 11:15 PM
Nice work, very elegant simple design.

have you considered black though as a more "space" colour to "blend" and not stand out as much againt unicron?

not that stained wood wouldn't look great, I love that stuff, just not convinced it'll go with Unicron, though it may blend in better with the space around where black coiuld stick out like a sore thumb if you don't have any dark furniture.

Really good work, looking forward to the finished product.
kup
21st October 2012, 11:37 PM
Best Unicron stand I have seen by far. Nice!
Trent
22nd October 2012, 08:03 AM
Cheers for the praise guys.


Nice work, very elegant simple design.

have you considered black though as a more "space" colour to "blend" and not stand out as much againt unicron?

not that stained wood wouldn't look great, I love that stuff, just not convinced it'll go with Unicron, though it may blend in better with the space around where black coiuld stick out like a sore thumb if you don't have any dark furniture.

Really good work, looking forward to the finished product.

I was thinking of black as well but my wife suggested clear coat as Tassie Oak is a really nice looking timber, as well as the fact that it's going to be sitting in one of these:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/014.jpg


I'll see how I go.
The_Damned
22nd October 2012, 08:44 AM
well designed and looks like it works great :)
Megatron
22nd October 2012, 09:25 AM
Great idea! Look forward to seeing the finished product.
Deonasis
22nd October 2012, 10:07 AM
Wow, it looks simple (but deceptively so). You are showing some great skills dude, it looks classy.
UltraMarginal
22nd October 2012, 12:33 PM
Cheers for the praise guys.



I was thinking of black as well but my wife suggested clear coat as Tassie Oak is a really nice looking timber, as well as the fact that it's going to be sitting in one of these:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/014.jpg


I'll see how I go.

Well then I definitely agree with your choice of coating. can't wait for a pic of the finished product.